Planned Ignoring is Still Neglect

Planning to do it in advance does not make it evidence-based or helpful

Jillian Enright
neurodiversified
Published in
6 min readApr 22, 2024

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Humans are neither pigeons nor rats — (image created by author on Canva)

Planned ignoring

Planned ignoring is intentionally disregarding another person’s feelings and experience. It is unkind, invalidating, and harmful to the relationship.

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Jillian Enright
neurodiversified

She/they. Neurodivergent, 20+ yrs SW & Psych. experience. I write about mental health, neurodiversity, education, and parenting. Founder of Neurodiversity MB.